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Originally published 03/25/2014
Invasion of the Data Snatchers
Big Data and the Internet of Things means the surveillance of everything.
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Originally published 12/16/2013
The More Things Change...
A blast from the past, as a New York Times letter to the editor from 1970 on surveillance resonates remarkably well today.
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Originally published 10/24/2013
The Founding Fathers Vacillated on Government Snooping, Too
James Madison went back and forth over how security should inflect the powers we invest in government.
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Originally published 09/27/2013
Secret Cold War documents reveal NSA spied on senators
...along with Muhammad Ali, Martin Luther King, and a Washington Post humorist.
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Originally published 09/05/2013
The search for Suleiman the Magnificent's heart
The Ottoman ruler's body is buried in Istanbul, but his heart is (reputedly) buried in Hungary
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Originally published 10/31/2013
Critics of Spying on Allies Need a Better Narrative
The narrative that critics rely on now only reinforces the administration's own story.
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